The Worst Thing You Can Bring to Game Night

QPCloudy wrote: Lol, dang. Man I wish I was still in Atlanta/Marietta. If I ever make it back down there I'm looking you guys up.

Ride down with me. I'll make you wait in the car. Good times.

Ron Jeremy, a bag of viagra, and a ball gag.

JonJacob wrote: Also... a shitty attitude.

That's probably the worst thing. All the rest can be dealt with.

I have a gaming buddy, who is gay, and fits the stereo-type well enough to bring fuckin' awesome snacks, bags and bags of good food; humus, fancy breads and crackers, good beer and liquor, cookies, fruit, strange spreads and stuff I've never seen again. He would also bring whatever pretty boy he was currently seeing... who always wanted to play games. AND he would show up on time.He moved to Denmark to get married.

Now I am lucky if my gaming buddies bring a six pack and a bag of cheesies. More often they show up with one can of soda (for themselves) and eat all my food and drink my beer.

Pretty sure this is a good reason to legalize gay marriage in the USA.

edulis wrote: I have a gaming buddy, who is gay, and fits the stereo-type well enough to bring fuckin' awesome snacks, bags and bags of good food; humus, fancy breads and crackers, good beer and liquor, cookies, fruit, strange spreads and stuff I've never seen again. He would also bring whatever pretty boy he was currently seeing... who always wanted to play games. AND he would show up on time.He moved to Denmark to get married.

Now I am lucky if my gaming buddies bring a six pack and a bag of cheesies. More often they show up with one can of soda (for themselves) and eat all my food and drink my beer.

Pretty sure this is a good reason to legalize gay marriage in the USA.

You should have sent him to Toronto!

I think the worst thing you can bring is a bad attitude. The snacks and stuff never bother me because my friends know better than to touch my shit with cheezed fingers. With our group we have a sort of unwritten agreement that the person hosting will provide food, while the people coming provide the booze. If we don't plan on drinking then everyone pitches in for some pizza or something.

When someone has a really crummy attitude at game night it can ruin the whole day. If you're getting beat bad in one game don't whine about it. Suck it up and take it like a man.

The other thing I really hate are smart phones...they always come to game night and the do nothing but provide people with distractions. It has little to do with game night and more with our society though. People are ALWAYS looking down at their phones. If we're at a bar, people will just stand there checking facebook or playing words with friends. It drives me fucking nuts. When I'm with people I keep my phone in pocket unless it rings or I get a text. Sometimes I feel like people can no longer socialize in real life. They rely on twitter and facebook to interact.

I agree about the smartphones. Nothing like having your opponet sending texts or playing some game on their phone to make you feel connected in the gaming experience. I remember playing War of the Ring, and my opponet was doing some phone thing during my turn... looks up asks what I did, makes his move, goes back to his phone.

QPCloudy wrote: For me, I HATE it when people bring cheese puffs, or Doritos, or Cheetos.

All great choices to fix those MSG deficiencies.

Munchkin.

Your own house rules for something everyone is looking forward to playing.


I disagree about the bad attitude thing. What's the guy gonna do? Call ahead and say, ''guys I'm not feeling it. I won't make it out tonight'? Our game groups aren't big (3-5 guys) and if one guy at the last minute decides to bail when everyone else has planned this ahead of time with their wives and children, it sort of sucks. People can be in bad moods sometimes, it`s life and you shouldn't hide in your basement when you,re in a bad mood (unless you're bipolar or something). If someone shows up with a bad attitude, call them on it right away (don't be confrontation or mean tho) and that might snap the guy out of it. ''Look who snowed up full of vinegar!'' is something I would say (or someone would say to me).